Mark Ruffalo

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Date of Birth:

November 22, 1967

Hometown:

New York City

Bio:Mark Ruffalo (born Mark Alan Ruffalo on November 22, 1967 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) is an American actor. Mark spent his early years growing up in Kenosha before relocating with his family to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Soon after, his family moved west to California. After graduating high school, Mark took classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory. Mark would have minor roles throughout the late 1990’s, before getting cast in the 2000 Academy Award nominated film, You Can Count On Me. From there, he would have roles in XX/XY (2002), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and in Collateral with Tom Cruise. The mid 2000’s saw Mark portray the romantic lead in the movies View From The Top (2002), 13 Going On 30 (2004) and Just Like Heaven (2005). In 2006, Mark starred in the stage-play Awake and Sing in New York, earning himself a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor In a Play. Mark’s more dramatic roles have been in Martin Scorsese‘s thriller, Shutter Island and in 2010’s The Kids Are All Right, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2012, Mark replaced Edward Norton in the role of Bruce Banner/The Hulk in The Avengers. He would gather awards and nominations for his role of Olympic Gold-medal winning wrestler Dave Schultz in 2014’s Foxcatcher. He is currently scheduled to reprise the role in Avengers: Age Of Ultron.

Best Known For:
Mark is best known for his roles in romantic-comedies as well as portraying Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the Marvel movie franchises.

Personal Life:Mark married French-American actress Sunrise Coigney in 2000. They have three children together – son Keen, and daughters Bella Noche and Odette. Mark was diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor, in 2002. After successful surgery and a period of temporary facial paralysis, he made a full recovery. Mark is an outspoken opponent of fracking, frequently appearing to discuss his opposition to the gas extraction process. In 2012, he endorsed Kathleen Kane, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania Attorney General.

Latest Mark Ruffalo

Celebrities,marched to the Trump Tower on August 15 to protest white supremacy and the president’s failure to condemn the horrific alt-right gathering in Charlottesville. Watch Olivia Wilde and more activists gather in NYC.

Hold onto your hats, Marvel fans — they are about to be blown away. The MCU stopped by San Diego Comic-Con to reveal some seriously cool stuff about their upcoming movies like ‘Captain Marvel’ and more!

195 countries agreed to the Paris Climate accord, but for President Donald Trump, that’s one too many. Trump’s reportedly pulling the U.S.A. out of the pledge to stop global warming, a decision that has left stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Cheadle and Mark Ruffalo absolutely furious.

Hours before Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States in Washington D.C. on Jan. 20, activists will rally in protest outside his NYC hotel. The demonstration will be led by Michael Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Trump impersonator-extrodinaire, Alec Baldwin — and it’s not hard to get involved yourself!

Now that’s how you get people to vote! Joss Whedon gathered some of his biggest celeb friends, including Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and more, to encourage young voters to NOT vote Donald Trump — by promising to get Mark Ruffalo naked. Click inside to WATCH!

It’s time to rock the vote once again, and our fave celebs are encouraging their Twitter followers to get out there and make their voices heard! Check out their tweets right here.

Mark Ruffalo, Shailene Woodley and other huge stars are asking their social media followers from Ohio, Missouri, Florida, North Carolina and Illinois to go out and cast their votes today, March 15, for our next president in the primaries. Read on to see why they want you to vote during Super Tuesday II!

And we have a winner! The competition was tough in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category at the Academy Awards on Feb. 28, but the award ultimately went to Mark Rylance, for his amazing performance in ‘Bridge Of Spies’.

Mark Rylance, 56, is officially the winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2016 Oscars! His fellow nominees, including, Sylvester Stallone, 69,were tough competition, but it was Mark who came out on top of the rest with a well-deserved win. Find out what he said in his acceptance speech!

Not again! For the second time in a year and half, Mark Ruffalo got forgetful and lost his wallet AND phone in a major city…during a major blizzard nonetheless. But lucky for him, two super cute little girls came to his rescue and ended up recovering Mark’s lost possessions. Phew! See the adorable photo he took with the tiny sleuths right here!

Mark Ruffalo, 48, proved that sometimes even the Hulk needs help after he lost his phone and wallet and ended up turning to the Twitter community for a helping hand. But although Mark plays a superhero in the movies, the real heroes of this story were two little girls who found Mark’s belongings and returned them to him safe and sound. Aw!